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Brigham Young's Favorite Wife.
St. Louis Globe's Interview with Ann Eliza Young.
How large is his little family circle?
He had nineteen wives until I left, and forty-five children.
How does he support all of them?
Well, the most of them support themselves Brigham compels them to do it. For instance, he only allows enough to each one to purchase the bare necessaries of life—calico dresses Women in Utah have the same pride and ambi-tion about their personal appearance that they have anywhere else. If they want any-thing better, they are compelled to take in boarders or do sewing, or something of that sort. That is the way he treats all of them but the favorite, Amelia Fulsom. She dresses in silk and satin, eats at the same table with him, and does nothing all day. The rest eat in the same dining-room, and they are com-pelled to look on. Fulsom can do anything she likes with him.
It would be interesting to know which of nine-teen wives was able to capture Brigham, and maintain an ascendency over him. How is she able to manage him?
By her temper; she has an awful temper, and she can scold him into anything.
Is she good-looking ? No, she is ugly, and over 40 years old. They say I am jealous, but that is not the case.
Well, then, does her charms lie in her intel-lect? No, I ain't jealous of her a bit. She is the reverse of refined—indeed, she is the coars-est and most vulgar of all the wives of Mr. Young. Her reputation is bad—that is, it was bad until she married Brigham. I don't like to repeat what is said of her all over Salt Lake. She rules him by her strong will and bad temper.
How does he manage the rest of his wives?
He keeps them at a distance, and no familiar-ity is allowed from them. They don't dare to speak to him except now and then when he is extra good natured. Brigham has been a good deal of a flirt in his day. There is no excuse for his meanness toward his wives, because he is enormously wealthy.

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Brigham Young's Favorite Wife.
St. Louis Globe's Interview with Ann Eliza Young.
How large is his little family circle?
He had nineteen wives until I left, and forty-five children.
How does he support all of them?
Well, the most of them support themselves Brigham compels them to do it. For instance, he only allows enough to each one to purchase the bare necessaries of life—calico dresses Women in Utah have the same pride and ambi-tion about their personal appearance that they have anywhere else. If they want any-thing better, they are compelled to take in boarders or do sewing, or something of that sort. That is the way he treats all of them but the favorite, Amelia Fulsom. She dresses in silk and satin, eats at the same table with him, and does nothing all day. The rest eat in the same dining-room, and they are com-pelled to look on. Fulsom can do anything she likes with him.
It would be interesting to know which of nine-teen wives was able to capture Brigham, and maintain an ascendency over him. How is she able to manage him?
By her temper; she has an awful temper, and she can scold him into anything.
Is she good-looking ? No, she is ugly, and over 40 years old. They say I am jealous, but that is not the case.
Well, then, does her charms lie in her intel-lect? No, I ain't jealous of her a bit. She is the reverse of refined—indeed, she is the coars-est and most vulgar of all the wives of Mr. Young. Her reputation is bad—that is, it was bad until she married Brigham. I don't like to repeat what is said of her all over Salt Lake. She rules him by her strong will and bad temper.
How does he manage the rest of his wives?
He keeps them at a distance, and no familiar-ity is allowed from them. They don't dare to speak to him except now and then when he is extra good natured. Brigham has been a good deal of a flirt in his day. There is no excuse for his meanness toward his wives, because he is enormously wealthy.